While ancient Greece didn't have a police force in the same way we think of them today, they did have systems for enforcing ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta, capital of the Laconia region, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula in modern Greece, but the impact of its unique culture is impossible to ignore.

Some sources claim that the Spartans threw their babies off a cliff if they were born with a deformity. Did this ever ...

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government. Two kings ruled the city, but a 28-member 'council of elders' limited their powers. These men were recruited from the highest social class, the ...

An upcoming lecture is set to delve deep into Spartan history, unpacking the legal culture of the ancient society that was ...

In this presentation, Miltiadis Paikopoulos will aim to shed light on Spartan legal culture, in particular that which was ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...

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